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As Reported by the House Local Government and Townships Committee

122nd General Assembly
Regular Session
1997-1998

Am. S. B. No. 110

SENATORS BLESSING-GARDNER-LATTA-FINAN-WHITE-

REPRESENTATIVES LUEBBERS-TERWILLEGER-GARCIA-KRUPINSKI-SCHULER

A BILL

To enact sections 124.12, 325.25, and 505.05 of the Revised Code to limit the
range of salaries paid to classified county employees who
perform the same
duties and to authorize a
county agency, common pleas court, county
court, or
county-operated municipal
court, or a township office or department, to recognize
outstanding employee
performance.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That sections 124.12, 325.25, and 505.05 of the Revised Code be
enacted
to read as follows:

Sec. 124.12. NO EMPLOYEE IN THE CLASSIFIED CIVIL SERVICE OF A COUNTY SHALL
RECEIVE A SALARY IN AN AMOUNT GREATER THAN ONE HUNDERD TWENTY PER CENT OF THE
AVERAGE SALARY OF ALL EMPLOYEES OF THAT COUNTY WHO PERFORM THE SAME DUTIES.
THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY SHALL DETERMINE WHICH COUNTY EMPLOYEES PERFORM THE
SAME DUTIES.

Sec. 325.25. UPON NOTIFYING THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, ANY
APPOINTING AUTHORITY OF A COUNTY OFFICE,
DEPARTMENT, COMMISSION, BOARD, OR BODY, OR OF A COMMON PLEAS COURT, COUNTY
COURT, OR COUNTY-OPERATED MUNICIPAL COURT AS DEFINED IN SECTION 1901.03 of the Revised Code,
MAY ESTABLISH A PROGRAM TO
RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE. THE PROGRAM MAY
INCLUDE, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, CASH AWARDS, ADDITIONAL PAID
LEAVE, OR OTHER ADDITIONAL BENEFITS AS THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY
CONSIDERS APPROPRIATE, SO LONG AS THE COSTS OF THE PROGRAM DO
NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION FIXED BY THE BOARD
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR THE OFFICE, DEPARTMENT, COMMISSION,
BOARD, OR BODY OR FOR THE COMMON PLEAS COURT, COUNTY COURT, OR COUNTY-OPERATED
MUNICIPAL COURT.

Sec. 505.05. UPON NOTIFYING THE BOARD OF TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES, ANY APPOINTING
AUTHORITY OF A TOWNSHIP OFFICE OR DEPARTMENT MAY ESTABLISH A PROGRAM TO
RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE. THE PROGRAM MAY INCLUDE, BUT IS
NOT LIMITED TO, CASH AWARDS, ADDITIONAL PAID LEAVE, OR OTHER ADDITIONAL
BENEFITS AS THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY CONSIDERS APPROPRIATE, SO LONG AS THE
COSTS OF THE PROGRAM DO NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION FIXED BY
THE BOARD OF TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES FOR THE OFFICE OR DEPARTMENT.